William doxoghue



Ferner YVILLIAM-DOXOGHUE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENXSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RECLINENG-CHAIRS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,056, dated July 18, 1871.

To all whom it mcy concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DONOGHUE, of the city and count-3,T of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Reclininghair, of which the following is a description The invention consists of a reclining-chair in which the bach, seat, arms, and ily-legs or front have a simultaneous movement, and can he fixed and adjusted at any required angle. It is designed, generally, for office purposes, and can be used as a reclining-chair or lounge.

Figure 1 is a side view, the frame being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism for operating the back, seat, arms, and front or fly-leg. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the saine. Fig. l; is a transverse section.

The mechanism for operating the back A, seat B, and the front or ily-legs C, Fig. 1, as shown at Figs. and 3, consists oi the upper and lower horizontal connecting-bars D and E, and the links F and G. The back links F are let into the in ner side of the frames of the back A of the chair, the front links G are let into the inner side of the frames of the front or liv-leg C, the seat Bis iixed to and rests upon the lugs or projections a. of the lower connecting-bar E, and the arms of the chair are fixed to and rest upon the lugs b of the upper connecting-bars. The mechanism on both sides of the chair is identical. The links F and G vibrate on the pins o and d, which pass throuh the front and back legs H and J of the chair, shown in dotted lines, Fig. l. If pressure be applied inthe direction of the arrow to thebaok A of the chair, (dotted lines, Fig. 2,) in reclining it turns the back link in the same direction and causes the upper and lower connecting-bars D and E to move horizontally in opposite directions, and the lfront links G to have a simultaneous vibration with the backlinks. The front or liv-legs C being connected to the front links, move, therefore, at the same time with. the back A. The seat B being attached to the lou-'er conheating-bars, and the arms K to the upper connecting-bar move horizontally, and accommodate to the positions of the back and front or lijf-legs. L is a slotted arch, which forms part of the lower connecting-bar. An adjusting holdingbolt, M, Fig. d, passes through the slot e, the connectingpiece N, and the horizontal part O of the frame of the chair. A metal piece, P, is let into the connectingpiece N oi' the back and front or ilylegs, so that when the reclining parts of the chair are set at anyY required angle they can be iiXed and held in place by screwing the nut R until the head S ofthe bolt M forces the point or pro jectionf of the plate l? and the serrations g of the arch in Contact. The slot e oi' the arch is made of suliicient length to accommodate the movement of the lower connecting-bar E. This holding hold-bolt and arch can be applied to the mechanism on either or both sides of the chair.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A recliningchair, composed of the hack A, seat B, ily-leg C, upper and lower horizontal bars D E, and the slotted arch L and adjusting-bolt M, the vertical links F G with their pins o d, the whole constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as shown and described.

In testim onbT whereof l hereunto sign my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM DGIOGHUE.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS D. IAsronrus, JOHN YILLE. 

